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From: 2flolump@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: need help learning amiga programming
Message-ID: <27348.27630086@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 90 09:27:02 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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Can anyone direct me to a book that TEACHES me how to program on the Amiga.
I bought this computer years ago, with the hope that I could learn to 
program it.  But I soon discovered that the OS was something that really
had to be learned to take advantage of all the features.  Anyway, I own
the Amiga ROM KERNEL manual:Libraries & Devices and it seems to be sketchy
on many things.
I really am starting to dislike C the more I read it,  I don't know why 
everyone praises it so.  I guess those who learn its cryptic commands get
some pride from how others struggle with it.  Anyway, I have owned TDI
Modula 2 for quite awhile and while I like the language, which I believe
is more readable than C and has more software engineering features, which C
lacks, I find that this compiler is inferior.  
This leads to my final questions.  Does anyone know of a good Modula 2 
development package that is actually used?  Does anyone know of a good
book on how to program the amiga in Modula 2?  Does anyone have a 
good recommendation on a C compiler that is affordabe, if I do indeed find
this is the only language with which the amiga can be programmed effectively.

Thank You.
Jason Wilson.